Germany and Poland Sign Border Treaty: Oder-Neisse Confirmed

Alexander the Great accepted the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt in Memphis, ending two centuries of Persian rule. By assuming the title of pharaoh, he se…

Francisco Pizarro and his band of conquistadors marched into the Inca city of Cajamarca, initiating a direct confrontation with Emperor Atahualpa. This encounte…

Gottfried Kirch spots a brilliant new streak in the sky through his telescope, shattering the ancient belief that comets were atmospheric phenomena. This discov…

Scottish explorer James Bruce reached the source of the Blue Nile at Lake Tana in Ethiopia, believing he had solved one of geography's oldest mysteries. His acc…

French Marshals Victor and Oudinot suffer a sharp defeat at the Battle of Smoliani against General Peter Wittgenstein's Russian forces. This loss halts Napoleon…

Herman Melville published Moby-Dick, launching a monomaniacal quest that would eventually define American Romanticism despite its initial commercial failure. Th…